EP3675431B1 - Kernisolation für logisches tunnel-stitching-multi-homed-evpn und l2-schaltung - Google Patents

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EP3675431B1
EP3675431B1 EP19180816.1A EP19180816A EP3675431B1 EP 3675431 B1 EP3675431 B1 EP 3675431B1 EP 19180816 A EP19180816 A EP 19180816A EP 3675431 B1 EP3675431 B1 EP 3675431B1
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  • the disclosure relates to computer networks and, more particularly, providing layer two circuit failover within computer networks.
  • a computer network is a collection of interconnected computing devices that can exchange data and share resources.
  • Example network devices include switches or other layer two (“L2") devices that operate within the second layer of the Open Systems Interconnection ("OSI") reference model, i.e., the data link layer, and routers or other layer three (“L3") devices that operate within the third layer of the OSI reference model, i.e., the network layer.
  • L2 Layer two
  • OSI Open Systems Interconnection
  • L3 layer three
  • Network devices within computer networks often include a control unit that provides control plane functionality for the network device and forwarding components for routing or switching data units.
  • An Ethernet Virtual Private Network may be used to extend two or more remote L2 customer networks through an intermediate L3 network (usually referred to as a "provider network” or “core network”), in a transparent manner, i.e., as if the intermediate L3 network does not exist.
  • the EVPN transports L2 communications, such as Ethernet packets or "frames," between customer networks via traffic engineered label switched paths (“LSP”) through the intermediate network in accordance with one or more multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) protocols.
  • LSP traffic engineered label switched paths
  • PE provider edge
  • CE customer edge
  • LAN local area network
  • the PE devices may also be connected by an IP infrastructure in which case IP/GRE tunneling or other IP tunneling can be used between the network devices.
  • L2 circuit that provides a point-to-point layer 2 connection over an IP and MPLS-based network.
  • An L2 circuit may allow an IP and MPLS-based network to replace end-to-end Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks, Frame Relay networks, and some portions of Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) networks.
  • ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  • TDM Time-Division Multiplexing
  • an access node may be multi-homed to a plurality of PE devices that provide access to an EVPN instance.
  • the access node may be multi-homed to the plurality of PE devices by respective L2 circuits.
  • the access node may switch from sending and receiving packets to the EVPN instance via an L2 circuit to the PE device that lost connectivity to the EVPN instance, to sending and receiving packets to the EVPN instance via a different L2 circuit connected to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having connectivity to the EVPN instance.
  • the plurality of PE devices may each be configured with a core-facing interface for an EVPN instance and a customer-facing interface for a respective L2 circuit between the PE device and the access node.
  • the L2 circuit is "stitched" to the EVPN instance at the PE device.
  • the PE device may initiate "global repair" by marking the customer-facing interface as "down” and propagating the status of the customer-facing interface (referred to herein as "interface status information”) to the access node.
  • the PE device may send an L2 circuit protocol packet including the interface status information.
  • the access node may, for example, update its routing information to switch L2 circuits such that the access node may send traffic on a different L2 circuit to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance.
  • the access node and the plurality of PE devices may further implement Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) techniques to perform "local repair" at the access node.
  • Connectivity Fault Management includes a number of proactive and diagnostic fault localization procedures such as proactively transmitting connectivity check ("CC") messages at a predetermined rate to other devices (e.g., switches) within a maintenance association.
  • CC connectivity check
  • the access node and the plurality of PE devices may be defined as part of a maintenance association that is configured to exchange CFM messages.
  • the PE device may include interface status information in a CFM message to inform the access node that the interfaces of the PE device are down.
  • the access node may perform local repair by setting, for example, next hop weights for the plurality of PE devices to cause the access node to send traffic via a different L2 circuit to another one of the multi-homed PE devices (e.g., the PE device with a higher weight) having reachability to the EVPN instance.
  • the access node may receive the CFM message including the interface status information before receiving the L2 circuit protocol packet including the interface status information.
  • the access node may obtain information specifying the status of a customer-facing interface for the L2 circuit is down, which information is otherwise unavailable to the access node without the techniques of this disclosure, and update the access node to forward traffic via a different L2 circuit to the other multi-homed PE device to reach the EVPN instance.
  • an access node may shorten the convergence time to implement repair by setting, in response to receiving the CFM message including the interface status information, next hop weights for the plurality of PE devices to cause the access node to forward traffic received from the CE device via a different L2 circuit (e.g., a higher weighted next hop).
  • a method includes determining, by a provider edge (PE) device of a plurality of PE devices configured with an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance reachable by an Ethernet segment, that connectivity from the PE device to the EVPN instance is lost, wherein the Ethernet segment connects the plurality of PE devices to an access node of an access network that is multi-homed to the plurality of PE devices over the Ethernet segment, wherein the access node is connected by respective layer 2 (L2) circuits to the plurality of PE devices, and wherein the access node is connected to a customer edge (CE) device.
  • PE provider edge
  • EVPN Ethernet Virtual Private Network
  • the method further includes marking, by the PE device and in response to determining that connectivity from the PE device to the EVPN instance is lost, a customer-facing interface for the L2 circuit of the PE device as having a down status.
  • the method further includes sending, by the PE device and to the access node in response to marking the interfaces, interface status information including information specifying status of the customer-facing interface of the PE device.
  • a method in another example, includes receiving, by an access node of an access network, interface status information of a first PE device of a plurality of PE devices, wherein the interface status information includes information specifying status of a customer-facing interface for a first layer 2 (L2) circuit that connects the first PE device and the access node, wherein the access node is multi-homed to the plurality of provider edge (PE) devices configured with the EVPN instance reachable by an Ethernet segment connecting the plurality of PE devices to the access node over the Ethernet segment.
  • the method also includes determining, by the access node and in response to receiving the interface status information of the first PE device, that ⁇ the customer-facing interface for the first L2 circuit as having a down status.
  • the method further includes updating the access node to send traffic on a second L2 circuit that connects a second PE device of the plurality of PE devices.
  • an access node of an access network that is multi-homed to a plurality of provider edge (PE) devices configured with an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance reachable by an Ethernet segment connecting the plurality of PE devices to the access node over the Ethernet segment, comprises a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: receive interface status information of a first PE device of the plurality of PE devices, wherein the interface status information includes status information on a customer-facing interface for a first layer 2 (L2) circuit that connects the first PE device and the access node; determine that the customer-facing interface for the first L2 circuit as having a down status; and update the access node to send traffic on a second L2 circuit that connects a second PE device of the plurality of PE devices.
  • PE provider edge
  • EVPN Ethernet Virtual Private Network
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example network system 2 configured to provide layer 2 (L2) circuit failover in the event connectivity to an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance is lost, in accordance with the techniques described in this disclosure.
  • network system 2 includes a network 3 and customer networks 6A, 6B ("customer networks 6").
  • Network 3 may represent a public network that is owned and operated by a service provider to interconnect a plurality of edge networks, such as customer networks 6.
  • Network 3 is an L3 network in the sense that it natively supports L3 operations as described in the OSI model. Common L3 operations include those performed in accordance with L3 protocols, such as the Internet protocol ("IP").
  • IP Internet protocol
  • L3 is also known as a "network layer” in the OSI model and the "IP layer” in the TCP/IP model, and the term L3 may be used interchangeably with “network layer” and "IP” throughout this disclosure.
  • network 3 may be referred to herein as a Service Provider ("SP") network or, alternatively, as a "core network” considering that network 3 acts as a core to interconnect edge networks, such as customer networks 6.
  • SP Service Provider
  • core network considering that network 3 acts as a core to interconnect edge networks, such as customer networks 6.
  • the configuration of network system 2 illustrated in FIG. 1 is merely an example.
  • network system 2 may include any number of customer networks 6. Nonetheless, for ease of description, only customer networks 6A, 6B are illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • Network 3 may provide a number of residential and business services, including residential and business class data services (which are often referred to as "Internet services" in that these data services permit access to the collection of publically accessible networks referred to as the Internet), residential and business class telephone and/or voice services, and residential and business class television services.
  • residential and business class data services which are often referred to as "Internet services” in that these data services permit access to the collection of publically accessible networks referred to as the Internet
  • residential and business class telephone and/or voice services and residential and business class television services.
  • One such business class data service offered by a service provider intermediate network 3 includes L2 EVPN service.
  • Network 3 represents an L2/L3 switch fabric for one or more customer networks that may implement an L2 EVPN service.
  • An EVPN is a service that provides a form of L2 connectivity across an intermediate L3 network, such as network 3, to interconnect two or more L2 customer networks, such as L2 customer networks 6, that may be located in different geographical areas (in the case of service provider network implementation) and/or in different racks (in the case of a data center implementation).
  • L2 customer networks such as L2 customer networks 6, that may be located in different geographical areas (in the case of service provider network implementation) and/or in different racks (in the case of a data center implementation).
  • L2 customer networks such as L2 customer networks 6
  • L2 customer networks 6 may be located in different geographical areas (in the case of service provider network implementation) and/or in different racks (in the case of a data center implementation).
  • L2 customer networks such as L2 customer networks 6
  • LAN transparent local area network
  • provider edge network devices 12A-12C provide customer endpoints 4A, 4B (collectively, “endpoints 4") associated with customer networks 6 with access to network 3 via customer edge network devices 8A, 8B (collectively, “CE devices 8").
  • CE device 8A may connect to PE devices 12A, 12B via access node (AN) 10 of access network 14A to reach network 3.
  • access networks 14A, 14B may represent any L2 network, such as a physical or virtual LAN.
  • Each of access networks 14 may include a network of transport routers, e.g., AN 10, that transport L2 communications for customer networks 6 though respective access networks 14 for that customer.
  • Access node 10 may, for example, represent an aggregation network device that provides CE devices with access to PE devices.
  • PE devices 12 and CE devices 8 may each represent a router, switch, or other suitable network device that participates in a L2 virtual private network (“L2VPN") service, such as an EVPN.
  • L2VPN L2 virtual private network
  • Each of endpoints 4 may represent one or more non-edge switches, routers, hubs, gateways, security devices such as firewalls, intrusion detection, and/or intrusion prevention devices, servers, computer terminals, laptops, printers, databases, wireless mobile devices such as cellular phones or personal digital assistants, wireless access points, bridges, cable modems, application accelerators, or other network devices.
  • network system 2 may comprise additional network and/or computing devices such as, for example, one or more additional switches, routers, hubs, gateways, security devices such as firewalls, intrusion detection, and/or intrusion prevention devices, servers, computer terminals, laptops, printers, databases, wireless mobile devices such as cellular phones or personal digital assistants, wireless access points, bridges, cable modems, application accelerators, or other network devices.
  • additional network elements such as, for example, one or more additional switches, routers, hubs, gateways, security devices such as firewalls, intrusion detection, and/or intrusion prevention devices, servers, computer terminals, laptops, printers, databases, wireless mobile devices such as cellular phones or personal digital assistants, wireless access points, bridges, cable modems, application accelerators, or other network devices.
  • additional network elements may be included, such that the network devices of network system 2 are not directly coupled.
  • a network operator/administrator of network 3 configures, via configuration or management interfaces, various devices included within network 3 that interface with L2 customer networks 6.
  • the EVPN configuration may include an EVPN instance ("EVI") 5, which consists of one or more broadcast domains.
  • EVPN instance 5 is configured within intermediate network 3 for customer networks 6 to enable endpoints 4 within customer networks 6 to communicate with one another via the EVI as if endpoints 4 were directly connected via a L2 network.
  • EVI 5 may be associated with a virtual routing and forwarding instance (“VRF”) (not shown) on a PE device, such as any of PE devices 12A-12C.
  • VRF virtual routing and forwarding instance
  • multiple EVIs may be configured on PE devices 12 for Ethernet segment 16, each providing a separate, logical L2 forwarding domain.
  • multiple EVIs may be configured that each includes one or more of PE devices 12A-12C.
  • an EVI is an EVPN routing and forwarding instance spanning PE devices 12A-12C participating in the EVI.
  • Each of PE devices 12 is configured with EVI 5 and exchanges EVPN routes to implement EVI 5.
  • PE devices 12A-12C may each be configured with a core-facing interface to exchange EVPN routes to implement EVI 5.
  • a CE device In EVPN, a CE device is said to be multi-homed when it is coupled to two physically different PE devices on the same EVI when the PE devices are resident on the same physical Ethernet segment.
  • CE device 8A is coupled to access nodeaccess node 10, which is coupled to PE devices 12A and 12B via links 15A and 15B, respectively, where PE devices 12A and 12B are capable of providing L2 customer network 6A access to the EVPN via CE device 8A.
  • Multi-homed networks are often employed by network operators so as to improve access to the EVPN provided by network 3 should a failure in one of links 15A and 15B occur.
  • a CE device is multi-homed to two or more PE devices, either one or all of the multi-homed PE devices are used to reach the customer site depending on the multi-homing mode of operation.
  • L2 circuits 17A-17B are logical network connections formed from two unidirectional label switched paths (LSPs) that emulate a connection not natively offered by network 3 for consumption outside the boundaries of network 3.
  • L2 circuits 17 may emulate an L2 connection within network 3 enabling network 3 to offer emulated L2 connectivity externally for consumption by L2 customer networks 6.
  • each EVPN instance may operate over L2 circuits 17 to enable a logical tunnel providing L2 connectivity between customer network 6.
  • An L2 circuit terminates in a logical tunnel at a logical tunnel interface of a PE device (e.g., PE device 12A), which may be configured to have a peer relationship with a second logical tunnel interface of the PE device for the EVPN instance, thereby "stitching" the L2 circuit with the EVPN instance to create a point-to-point connection.
  • access node 10 may tunnel Ethernet packets into the L2 circuit to reach the EVPN instance.
  • L2 circuit peers e.g., PE device 12A and AN 10, use the same Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), such as Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) or Open Shortest Path First (OSFP) and may configure a virtual circuit connecting the L2 circuit peers, which represents a point-to-point layer 2 connection transported over Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) (e.g., Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) or Resource Reservation Protocol with Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)) or other tunneling technology.
  • IGP Interior Gateway Protocol
  • IS-IS Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System
  • OSFP Open Shortest Path First
  • MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
  • LDP Label Distribution Protocol
  • RSVP-TE Resource Reservation Protocol with Traffic Engineering
  • AN 10 may configure an interface for the L2 circuit 17A to send/receive traffic (e.g., an Ethernet packet) encapsulated with an MPLS header associated with L2 circuit 17A
  • PE device 12A may configure a customer-facing interface for the L2 circuit 17A (otherwise referred to as, "pseudowire subscriber (PS) transport logical interface") to send/receive traffic encapsulated with the MPLS header associated with L2 circuit 17A.
  • PS post office subscriber
  • AN 10 may configure an interface for L2 circuit 17B to send/receive traffic encapsulated with an MPLS header associated with L2 circuit 17B
  • PE device 12B may configure a customer-facing interface for the L2 circuit 17B to send/receive traffic encapsulated with the MPLS header associated with L2 circuit 17B.
  • CE device 8A is multi-homed to PE devices 12A and 12B via AN 10 by respective circuits 17.
  • AN 10 may configure corresponding L2 circuits 17 as “active” or “standby” (otherwise referred to herein as “hot-standby”) such that AN 10 may send traffic to the active L2 circuit, unless the active L2 circuit fails.
  • AN 10 may initially designate L2 circuit 17A as active and L2 circuit 17B as standby such that AN 10 sends traffic on L2 circuit 17A to PE device 12A, unless L2 circuit 17A fails.
  • connectivity to the EVPN instance through one of the multi-homed PE devices may be lost (e.g., fiber cut, core-facing interface goes down, etc.).
  • BGP connectivity to the EVPN core is lost, e.g., a BGP session goes down.
  • This loss of connectivity to the EVPN instance is referred to as "core isolation.”
  • an access node is unaware that the PE device no longer has connectivity to EVPN instance, and may continue to send traffic on the active L2 circuit to the original PE device.
  • the original PE device no longer has connectivity to EVPN instance the other multi-homed PE device becomes the active device and the original PE device drops the traffic received from the access node, therefore resulting in traffic loss.
  • an access node may provide L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an EVPN instance is lost.
  • PE device 12A may determine that it no longer has connectivity to EVPN instance 5 and initiates "global repair.” To determine loss in connectivity to EVPN instance 5, PE device 12A may send connectivity detection packets to other PE devices in network 3.
  • connectivity detection packets may include keep alive packets configured in accordance with Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), or other similar connectivity detection protocols.
  • BFD Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
  • PE device 12A may use BGP to determine loss in connectivity to EVPN instance 5.
  • PE devices 12 may establish a BGP session with each other and may send BGP messages (e.g., keep-alive packets) to detect whether a connection to a BGP peer of a BGP session is lost.
  • BGP messages e.g., keep-alive packets
  • PE device 12A may mark its customer-facing interface for L2 circuit 17A as having a "down" status. In this way, with the down status the logical interface of PE device 12A for the EVPN instance may no longer send or receive packets from EVPN instance 5 and the logical interface for the L2 circuit may no longer send or receive packets from the L2 circuit.
  • PE device 12A may propagate the status of the customer-facing interface (referred to herein as "interface status information") to AN 10.
  • PE device 12A may send an L2 circuit protocol message 20 (e.g., a protocol data unit (PDU) in accordance with an L2 circuit protocol (e.g., LDP, RSVP-TE, etc.)) including the interface status information in a Type, Length, Value (TLV) of the message 20.
  • the TLV of message 20 may be a pseudowire status TLV used to communicate the status of a pseudowire, e.g., L2 circuit 17A.
  • PE device 12A may send a pseudowire status TLV that includes a status flag to indicate the interface status has changed.
  • PE device 12A may send a pseudowire status TLV having a status flag of "admin down" to indicate that the customer-facing interface for the MPLS L2 circuit (e.g., a circuit cross connect (CCC) interface), is marked as having a "down" status.
  • the L2 circuit is implemented by other tunneling technologies (e.g., BGP or LDP)
  • PE device 12A may include status flags corresponding to the tunneling technologies to indicate the interface status of the customer-facing interface. Additional examples of the pseudowire status TLV is described in L. Martini et al., "Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)," Request for Comments 8077, February 2017 .
  • AN 10 may update its routing information by setting L2 circuit 17B as the "active" virtual circuit. That is, AN 10 may switch the active L2 circuit from L2 circuit 17A to L2 circuit 17B such that when AN 10 receives traffic from CE device 8A, AN 10 may send traffic to PE device 12B via L2 circuit 17B.
  • an access node may obtain information indicating that the interface status of a L2 circuit peer is down, which the access node is otherwise unaware of without the techniques of this disclosure, and in response, update the access node to send traffic on a different L2 circuit to another multi-homed PE device having reachability for the EVPN instance.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating another example network system configured to provide L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an EVPN instance is lost, in accordance with the techniques described in this disclosure.
  • Network system 2 of FIG. 2 is similar to network system 2 of FIG. 1 , except for the additional features described below.
  • the time it takes to perform global repair may depend on the load of a routing engine (e.g., a routing process) of PE device 12A.
  • PE device 12A may exchange other control plane messages in addition to the L2 circuit protocol packet, which may result in a higher load for the routing engine of PE device 12A. Due to a higher load of the routing engine, PE device 12A may not send the L2 circuit protocol packet including the interface status information, e.g., message 20, until after some time (e.g., after a few seconds).
  • access node 10 may reduce convergence time by additionally performing "local repair" concurrently with the global repair process.
  • access node 10 may perform local repair by receiving Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM) packets including interface status information and perform local repair to a different one of L2 circuits 17.
  • OAM Operations, Administration, and Management
  • PE devices 12A, 12B and access node 10 may implement OAM techniques, such as Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) as described in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802. lag standard and International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications Standardization Sector Y.1731, entitled " OAM functions and mechanisms for Ethernet based networks," dated May 2006 .
  • CFM Connectivity Fault Management
  • CFM may generally enable discovery and verification of a path, through network devices and networks, taken by data units, e.g., frames or packets, addressed to and from specified network users, e.g., customer networks 6.
  • data units e.g., frames or packets
  • CFM may collect status information of network devices within layer 2 networks.
  • CFM generally provides a set of protocols by which to provide status updates of network devices and/or perform fault management.
  • One protocol of the CFM set of protocols may involve a periodic transmission of CFM messages to determine, verify or otherwise check continuity between two endpoints and may be referred to as a "Continuity Check Protocol.” More information regarding CFM in general and the CFM set of protocols, including the continuity check protocol, can be found in an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) draft standard, titled " Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks - Amendment 5: Connectivity Fault Management," by the LAN MAN Standards Committee, dated December 17, 2007 .
  • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • one or more users or administrators of network system 2 may establish various abstractions useful for managing maintenance operations.
  • an administrator may establish a Maintenance Domain ("MD") specifying those of network devices that support CFM maintenance operations.
  • the MD specifies the network or part of the network for which status in connectivity may be managed.
  • the administrator may, in establishing or defining the MD, assign a maintenance domain name to the MD, which represents a MD identifier that uniquely identifies a particular MD.
  • the MD includes PE devices 12A, 12B and AN 10.
  • the administrator may further sub-divide the MD into one or more Maintenance Associations ("MA").
  • MA is a logical grouping that generally comprises a set of network devices included within the MD and established to verify the integrity and/or status of a single service instance.
  • a service instance may, for example, represent a portion, e.g., network devices, of a provider network that a given customer can access to query a status of services delivered for that customer.
  • the administrator may configure an MA to include AN 10 and PE devices 12A, 12B.
  • the administrator may configure a Maintenance Association End Point (MEP) within each one of the network devices monitored, e.g., AN 10 and PE devices 12A, 12B.
  • MEPs may each represent an actively managed CFM entity that generates and receives CFM Protocol Data Units ("PDUs”) and tracks any responses. In other words, each of MEPs represents an endpoint of the same MA.
  • PDUs CFM Protocol Data Units
  • PE devices 12A, 12B and AN 10 may establish one or more CFM sessions to monitor interface status.
  • PE devices 12A, 12B may establish CFM sessions that operate in distributed mode with AN 10 over links 15A, 15B of Ethernet segment 16 to communicate interface status information of the customer-facing interface of PE devices 12A, 12B.
  • CFM sessions PE devices 12A, 12B may communicate CFM messages, e.g., CFM message 26, to AN 10 including interface status information.
  • an administrator may configure an event for a CFM action profile to define event flags and thresholds, such as whether CFM messages includes the interface status information, to be monitored.
  • CFM message 26 includes various type, length, and value (TLV) elements to provide the status of the customer-facing interface of PE devices (referred to herein as "interface status TLV").
  • TLV elements may be configured to provide optional information in CFM PDUs.
  • CFM message 26 may include an interface status TLV that specifies the status of the interfaces of PE devices 12A or 12B.
  • the interface status value may represent a status value of the customer-facing interface of a PE device.
  • the interface status TLV may include interface statuses of "up” or “down” to represent the state of customer-facing interfaces for which PE devices 12 are currently configured.
  • PE device 12A may, in addition to performing global repair (e.g., by sending an L2 circuit protocol packet including the interface status information (e.g., message 20)), send OAM packets including interface status information to AN 10.
  • PE device 12A may include the interface status information in the interface status TLV of CFM message 26 with an interface status value of "down" to indicate the current status of customer-facing interface of PE device 12A.
  • MEPs of PE devices 12A, 12B may each be configured with one or more other MEPs (e.g., AN 10) with which the MEP expects to exchange (or transmit and receive) CFM messages announcing, in response to an interface status change, the current status of the customer-facing interface of the transmitting one of MEPs.
  • MEPs e.g., AN 10
  • MEPs may execute the continuity check protocol to automatically, e.g., without any administrator or other user oversight after the initial configuration, exchange these CFM messages according to a configured or, in some instances, set period (e.g., milliseconds). MEPs may, in other words, implement the continuity check protocol to collect the status of interfaces in a shorter amount of time.
  • AN 10 may perform local repair. For example, AN 10 may update its forwarding information (e.g., a unilist next hop) to forward traffic on the other L2 circuit, e.g., L2 circuit 17B. For instance, AN 10 may configure forwarding information to include weighted next hops to PE devices 12A, 12B. In one case, AN 10 may set a higher next hop weight for PE device 12B than for PE device 12A such that AN 10 may send traffic to PE device 12B via L2 circuit 17B.
  • forwarding information e.g., a unilist next hop
  • AN 10 may set different weights for PE devices 12A and 12B to cause AN 10 to send traffic to the PE device set to a higher or lower weight. For example, AN 10 may set a lower next hop weight for PE device 12B than for PE device 12A such that AN 10 may, based on configured preferences, select the lower-weighted next hop and send traffic to PE device 12B via L2 circuit 17B.
  • AN 10 may receive interface status information of a PE device within a reduced period of time (e.g., milliseconds), thereby providing faster convergence time in performing failover.
  • a reduced period of time e.g., milliseconds
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a provider edge device configured to provide L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an EVPN instance is lost, in accordance to the techniques described herein.
  • PE device 300 is described with respect to PE device 12A of FIGS. 1 and 2 , but may be performed by any multi-homed network device connected by an Ethernet segment to an access node, e.g., AN 10 of FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • PE device 300 includes a control unit 302 having a routing engine 304 (control plane), and control unit 302 is coupled to forwarding engine 306 (data plane).
  • Forwarding engine 306 is associated with one or more interface cards 308A-308N ("IFCs 308") that receive packets via inbound links 310A-310N ("inbound links 310") and send packets via outbound links 312A-312N (“outbound links 312").
  • IFCs 308 are typically coupled to links 310, 312 via a number of interface ports (not shown).
  • Inbound links 310 and outbound links 312 may represent physical interfaces, logical interfaces, or some combination thereof. In the example of FIG.
  • any of links 310, 312 of PE device 300 may be associated with a customer-facing interface for an L2 circuit or a core-facing interface for an EVPN instance.
  • the customer-facing interface may comprise a circuit cross connect (CCC) interface including at least one of a Frame relay data-link connection identifier (DLCI), an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Virtual Circuit (VC), a Point-to-Point (PPP) interface, a High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) interface, and a Multiprotocol Label Switching Label Switched Path (MPLS LSP).
  • the core-facing interface may comprise an Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interface.
  • control unit 302 and forwarding engine 306 may be implemented solely in software, or hardware, or may be implemented as combinations of software, hardware, or firmware.
  • control unit 302 may include one or more processors 316 that may represent, one or more microprocessors, digital signal processors ("DSPs"), application specific integrated circuits ("ASICs”), field programmable gate arrays (“FPGAs”), or any other equivalent integrated or discrete logic circuitry, or any combination thereof, which execute software instructions.
  • the various software modules of control unit 302 may comprise executable instructions stored, embodied, or encoded in a computer-readable medium, such as a computer-readable storage medium, containing instructions.
  • Computer-readable storage media may include random access memory (“RAM”), read only memory (“ROM”), programmable read only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read only memory (“EPROM”), electronically erasable programmable read only memory (“EEPROM”), non-volatile random access memory (“NVRAM”), flash memory, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, a cassette, a solid state drive, magnetic media, optical media, or other computer-readable media.
  • Computer-readable media may be encoded with instructions corresponding to various aspects of PE device 300, e.g., protocols, processes, and modules. Control unit 302, in some examples, retrieves and executes the instructions from memory for these aspects.
  • Routing engine 304 operates as a control plane for PE device 300 and includes an operating system that provides a multi-tasking operating environment for execution of a number of concurrent processes.
  • Routing engine 304 includes a kernel 320, which provides a run-time operating environment for user-level processes. Kernel 320 may represent, for example, a UNIX operating system derivative such as Linux or Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD"). Kernel 320 offers libraries and drivers by which user-level processes may interact with the underlying system.
  • Hardware environment 314 of routing engine 304 includes processor 316 that executes program instructions loaded into a main memory (not shown in FIG. 3 ) from a storage device (also not shown in FIG. 3 ) in order to execute the software stack, including both kernel 320 and processes executing on the operating environment provided by kernel 320.
  • Kernel 320 includes an interfaces table 322 that represents a data structure that includes a corresponding entry for each interface configured for PE device 300.
  • interfaces table 322 may include an entry for a customer-facing interface status for L2 circuit 17A.
  • Kernel 320 provides an operating environment that executes various protocols 324 at different layers of a network stack, including protocols for implementing EVPN networks.
  • routing engine 304 includes network protocols that operate at a network layer of the network stack. Protocols 324 provide control plane functions for storing network topology in the form of routing tables or other structures, executing routing protocols to communicate with peer routing devices and maintain and update the routing tables, and provide management interface(s) to allow user access and configuration of PE device 300. That is, routing engine 304 is responsible for the maintenance of routing information 330 to reflect the current topology of a network and other network entities to which PE device 300 is connected. In particular, routing protocols 324 periodically update routing information 330 to reflect the current topology of the network and other entities based on routing protocol messages received by PE device 300.
  • routing protocols 324 include the Border Gateway Protocol ("BGP") 326 for exchanging routing information with other routing devices and for updating routing information 330.
  • BGP Border Gateway Protocol
  • PE device 300 may use BGP 326 to advertise to other network devices the MAC addresses PE device 300 has obtained from local customer edge network devices to which PE device 300 is connected via an access node.
  • PE device 300 may use a BGP route advertisement message to announce reachability information for the EVPN, where the BGP route advertisement specifies one or more MAC addresses obtained by PE device 300 instead of L3 routing information.
  • PE device 300 updates routing information 330 based on the BGP route advertisement message.
  • Routing protocols 324 may also include interior gateway protocol (IGP) 328 (e.g., Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)) and LDP 329 to establish an L2 circuit, e.g., L2 circuit 17A of FIG. 1 , with a peer network device.
  • IGP interior gateway protocol
  • PE device 300 and an L2 circuit peer e.g., AN 10 of FIG. 1
  • PE device 300 may use the same IGP 328 such as IS-IS or OSPF.
  • PE device 300 may establish with the L2 circuit peer a point-to-point layer 2 connection transported over MPLS, such as LDP 329. In this way, PE device 300 may send and receive traffic on an L2 circuit associated with one of IFCs 308.
  • routing protocols 324 may also include RSVP-TE or other routing protocols to establish a point-to-point layer 2 connection.
  • PE device 300 may also use BGP to send messages (e.g., keep alive) to determine whether connectivity to the EVPN instance is lost.
  • routing engine 304 may include BFD 328 to exchange keep alive messages within the core network to determine connectivity of network devices to the EVPN instance.
  • Routing information 330 may include information defining a topology of a network, including one or more routing tables and/or link-state databases. Typically, the routing information defines routes (i.e., series of next hops) through a network to destinations / prefixes within the network learned via a distance-vector routing protocol (e.g., BGP) or defines the network topology with interconnected links learned using a link state routing protocol (e.g., IS-IS or OSPF).
  • a distance-vector routing protocol e.g., BGP
  • a link state routing protocol e.g., IS-IS or OSPF
  • forwarding information 330 is generated based on selection of certain routes within the network and maps packet key information (e.g., L2 / L3 source and destination addresses and other select information from a packet header) to one or more specific next hops forwarding structures within forwarding information 330 and ultimately to one or more specific output interface ports of IFCs 308.
  • Routing engine 330 may generate forwarding information 350 in the form of a radix tree having leaf nodes that represent destinations within the network.
  • Routing engine 304 also includes an EVPN module 332 that performs L2 learning using BGP 326.
  • EVPN module 332 may maintain MAC tables for each EVI established by PE device 300, or in alternative examples may maintain one or more MAC tables that are independent of each respective EVI.
  • the MAC tables may represent a virtual routing and forwarding table of VRFs for an EVI configured for the VRF.
  • EVPN module 332 may perform local L2/L3 (e.g., MAC/IP) binding learning by, e.g., using MAC information received by PE device 300.
  • Forwarding engine 306 represents hardware and logic functions that provide high-speed forwarding of network traffic. Forwarding engine 306 typically includes a set of one or more forwarding chips programmed with forwarding information that maps network destinations with specific next hops and the corresponding output interface ports. In general, when PE device 300 receives a packet via one of inbound links 310, forwarding engine 306 identifies an associated next hop for the data packet by traversing the programmed forwarding information based on information within the packet. Forwarding engine 306 forwards the packet on one of outbound links 312 mapped to the corresponding next hop.
  • forwarding engine 306 includes forwarding information 350.
  • forwarding engine 350 stores forwarding information 350 that maps packet field values to network destinations with specific next hops and corresponding outbound interface ports.
  • routing engine 304 analyzes routing information 330 and generates forwarding information 350 in accordance with routing information 330.
  • Forwarding information 350 may be maintained in the form of one or more tables, link lists, radix trees, databases, flat files, or any other data structures.
  • Forwarding engine 306 stores forwarding information 350 for each Ethernet VPN Instance (EVI) established by PE device 300 to associate network destinations with specific next hops and the corresponding interface ports. For example, in response to receiving traffic from the EVPN instance from a core-facing interface (e.g., one of IFCs 308), forwarding engine 306 may determine from forwarding information 350 to forward the incoming traffic to a customer-facing interface for an L2 circuit (e.g., another one of IFC 308) connected between PE device 300 and an L2 circuit peer (e.g., AN 10 of FIG. 1 ). Alternatively, or additionally, in response to receiving traffic from the customer-facing interface for the L2 circuit, forwarding engine 306 may determine from forwarding information 350 to forward the incoming traffic to the core-facing interface for the EVPN instance.
  • a core-facing interface e.g., one of IFCs 308
  • L2 circuit e.g., another one of IFC 308 connected between PE device 300 and an L2 circuit peer (e.g.
  • PE device 300 may provide L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance is lost.
  • routing engine 304 may include a routing protocol daemon (RPD) 342 that may execute BGP 326 or BFD 328 to determine connectivity to the EVPN instance.
  • RPD routing protocol daemon
  • routing engine 304 may execute BGP 326 or BFD 328 to send keep alive messages to other PE devices to determine whether connectivity to the EVPN instance is lost.
  • RPD 342 may inform kernel 320 to change the customer-facing interface status entry from an "up" state to a "down" state in interfaces table 322 for a corresponding IFC 308 associated with L2 circuit 17A.
  • RPD 342 may execute an L2 circuit protocol, e.g., LDP 329, to communicate with a remote RPD of a peer L2 circuit (e.g., AN 10 of FIG. 1 ) to propagate customer-facing interface of network device 300, e.g., via message 20 of FIG. 1 .
  • RPD 342 may include the interface status information in a TLV of an LDP packet.
  • routing engine 304 may also include a maintenance endpoint ("MEP") 334 that may represent a hardware or a combination of hardware and software of control unit 302 that implements one or more of the CFM suite of protocols, such as Continuity Check Protocol (“CCP”) 336.
  • MEP maintenance endpoint
  • Network device 300 may use CCP 336 to periodically transmit Connectivity Fault Messages (CFM), such as Continuity Check Messages ("CCM”), to actively propagate a customer-facing interface status indicating a change in interface status to another MEP.
  • CCM Connectivity Fault Messages
  • CCM Continuity Check Messages
  • PE device 300 may actively manage CFM Protocol Data Units in CCM messages (e.g., message 26 of FIG. 2 ), including the interface status TLVs indicating the current status of IFCs 308 of PE device 300.
  • routing engine 304 uses CCP 336 to configure CFM messages (e.g., CFM messages 26 of FIG. 1 ) including an interface status value of the state of IFCs 308 (as "up” or "down") associated with L2 circuit 17A.
  • PE device 300 may use CCP 336 to propagate these CFM messages to the L2 circuit peer (e.g., AN 10 of FIG. 1 ) configured as a maintenance endpoint in the same maintenance association as PE device 300.
  • MEPs 334 may represent the MEPs as described above with respect to FIG. 1 .
  • MEP 334 may include other protocols not shown in FIG. 3 , such as Loopback Protocol (LBP) and/or other protocols to implement Connectivity Fault Management techniques.
  • LBP Loopback Protocol
  • Routing engine 304 includes a configuration interface 340 that receives and may report configuration data for PE device 300.
  • Configuration interface 340 may represent a command line interface; a graphical user interface; Simple Network Management Protocol ("SNMP"), Netconf, or another configuration protocol; or some combination of the above in some examples.
  • Configuration interface 340 receives configuration data configuring the PE device 300, and other constructs that at least partially define the operations for PE device 300, including the techniques described herein. For example, an administrator may, after powering-up, activating or otherwise enabling PE device 300 to operate within a network, interact with control unit 302 via configuration interface 340 to configure MEP 334.
  • the administrator may interact with configuration interface 340 to input configuration information 338 ("config info 338") that includes the various parameters and information described above to establish, initiate, or otherwise enable MEP 334 to configure and propagate customer-facing interface of PE device 300 to an access in response to a change in interface status resulting from a failure in connectivity to the EVPN instance.
  • configuration interface 340 may interact with configuration interface 340 to input configuration information 338 to include the customer-facing interface status information in a TLV of a CFM message.
  • PE device 300 may transmit CFM messages to another network device within the same maintenance association as network device 300 (e.g., to AN 10 of FIG. 1 ).
  • Routing engine may use MEP 334 to configure CFM messages indicating the current interface status of network device 300 based on a change in interface status resulting from a loss in connectivity to the EVPN instance.
  • MEP 334 may include the interface status information in the TLV of the CFM PDUs.
  • Network device 300 may forward the CFM message including the interface status information to the other network device within the same maintenance association through output interface ports of IFCs 308.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an access node configured to provide L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an EVPN instance is lost, in accordance to the techniques described herein.
  • Access node 400 (“AN 400") is described with respect to PE device 12A of FIGS. 1 and 2 , but may be performed by any multi-homed network device connected by an Ethernet segment to an access node, e.g., AN 10 of FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • AN 400 includes similar modules, units or components as PE device 300 of FIG. 3 , and may include additional modules, units or components, as described below.
  • Access node 400 may include routing protocols 424 that includes IGP 428 (e.g., Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)) and LDP 429 to establish L2 circuits, e.g., L2 circuits 17A and 17B of FIG. 1 , with respective peer network devices, e.g., PE devices 12A and 12B of FIG. 1 , reachable by corresponding IFCs 408.
  • IGP 428 e.g., Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • LDP 429 LDP 429 to establish L2 circuits, e.g., L2 circuits 17A and 17B of FIG. 1 , with respective peer network devices, e.g., PE devices 12A and 12B of FIG. 1 , reachable by corresponding IFCs 408.
  • IGP 428 e.g., Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • LDP 429
  • Access node 400 may establish with the first L2 circuit peer a first point-to-point layer 2 connection transported over MPLS, such as LDP 429. In this way, access node 400 may send and receive traffic on a first L2 circuit associated with one of IFCs 408, e.g., IFC 408A.
  • access node 400 and a second L2 circuit peer e.g., PE device 12B of FIG. 1
  • may use the same IGP 428 such as IS-IS or OSPF.
  • Access node 400 may establish with the second L2 circuit peer a second point-to-point layer 2 connection transported over MPLS, such as LDP 429.
  • access node 400 may send and receive traffic on a second L2 circuit associated with another one of IFCs 408, e.g., IFC 408B.
  • routing protocols 424 may also include RSVP-TE or other routing protocols to establish a point-to-point layer 2 connection.
  • access node 400 may use RPD 442 to send and receive traffic (e.g., message 20 of FIG. 1 ) from L2 circuit peers.
  • RPD 442 may execute LPD 429 to receive LDP packets from L2 circuit peers.
  • an LDP packet may include a TLV indicating the interface status information of the L2 circuit peer.
  • access node 400 may receive an LDP packet from IFC 408A that establishes an L2 circuit with the first L2 circuit peer, e.g., PE device 12A of FIG. 1 .
  • the LDP packet may include a TLV indicating the interface status information of PE device 12A, such as the status of the customer-facing interface of PE device 12A.
  • RPD 442 of access node 400 may configure a different L2 circuit as the hot-standby. This has the effect of switching the traffic to the new hot-standby L2 circuit in a relatively short time period, such as on the order of seconds.
  • routing information 430 may be configured to indicate that L2 circuit 17B connected to PE device 12B as the "active" L2 circuit.
  • Routing engine 404 of access node 400 analyzes routing information 430 and generates forwarding information 450 in accordance with routing information 430 that causes access node 400 to forward traffic to PE device 12B.
  • access node 400 may determine from forwarding information 450 to send the traffic to IFC 408B, which outputs the traffic on the second L2 circuit (e.g., L2 circuit 17B) that is connected to PE device 12B.
  • the second L2 circuit e.g., L2 circuit 17B
  • routing engine 404 may use MEP 434 to send and receive CFM messages (e.g., message 26 of FIG. 2 ) including interface status information. For example, routing engine 404 may configure access node 400, along with PE device 12A, as a Maintenance Association End Point such that access node 400 may establish a CFM session to monitor the interface status of PE device 12A. Similarly, routing engine 404 may configure access node 400, along with PE device 12B, as a Maintenance Association End Point such that access node 400 may establish a CFM session to monitor the interface status of PE device 12A. With the CFM sessions, each of PE devices 12A, 12B may communicate CFM messages to AD 10 regarding their interface status.
  • CFM messages e.g., message 26 of FIG. 2
  • routing engine 404 of access node 400 may use CCP 436 to periodically send CFM messages, such as every few milliseconds, to monitor the status of the customer-facing interface of the other Maintenance Association End Point, e.g., PE device 12A.
  • Routing engine 404 may also use MEP 434 to receive CFM messages that may include interface status information from an L2 circuit peer.
  • access node 400 may receive a CFM message including interface status information including information specifying the status of the customer-facing interface of PE device 12A.
  • routing engine 404 may configure forwarding information 450 to include next hop weights 452 that cause access node 400 to forward traffic received from the CE device to a higher or lower weighted next hop, e.g., PE device 12B of FIG. 1 .
  • This has the effect of switching the traffic to the new L2 circuit in a shorter time period than global repair, such as on the order of milliseconds.
  • global repair has the effect of switching the traffic to the new hot-standby L2 circuit in the order of seconds (e.g., resulting from the load of the control plane of PE device 12A), whereas local repair exchanges CFM messages within milliseconds, access node
  • FIG. 5 is flowchart illustrating an example operation of network devices configured to provide L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an EVPN instance is lost, in accordance with the techniques described herein. Operation 500 is described with respect to PE device 12A and access node 10 of FIG. 1 , and PE device 300 and access node 400 of FIGS. 3-4 , but may be performed by any of the network devices.
  • PE device 12A may determine that connectivity from PE device 12A to an EVPN instance is lost (502). For example, PE device 12A may use routing protocols 324, such as BFD 327, to exchange keep alive packets within the core network to other PE devices of the core network to determine whether connectivity to the EVPN instance is lost. If PE device 12A does not receive a response to a keep alive packet, PE device 12A may determine that connectivity to the EVPN instance is lost.
  • routing protocols 324 such as BFD 327
  • PE device 12A may also mark its customer-facing interface for the L2 circuit as "down” (504). For example, RPD 342 may inform kernel 320 to mark the customer-facing interface status entry for the L2 circuit of interfaces 322 as "down".
  • PE device 12A may send, to access node 10 and in response to marking the customer-facing interface as down, interface status information including information specifying status of the customer-facing interface of PE device 12A (506).
  • PE device 12A may use an L2 circuit protocol, e.g., LDP 329, to send an L2 circuit protocol message including the interface status information in the TLV.
  • LDP 329 an L2 circuit protocol
  • Access node 10 may receive the interface status information of PE device 12A (508) and may update the access node 10 to send traffic on a second L2 circuit, e.g., L2 circuit 17B, connected to PE device 12B (512). For example, access node 10 may update routing information 430 to indicate the other L2 circuit, e.g., L2 circuit 17B, is the "active" L2 circuit. Routing engine 404 generates forwarding information 450 in accordance with routing information 430 that causes access node 10 to forward traffic to PE device 12B via L2 circuit 17B. In this way, when access node 10 receives traffic from CE device 8A, access node 10 may determine from forwarding information 450 to send the traffic to an interface for L2 circuit 17B.
  • a second L2 circuit e.g., L2 circuit 17B
  • routing information 430 e.g., L2 circuit 17B
  • Routing engine 404 generates forwarding information 450 in accordance with routing information 430 that causes access node 10 to forward traffic to PE
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of additional operation of network devices for providing L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an EVPN instance is lost, in accordance with aspects of the techniques described in this disclosure.
  • Operation 600 is described with respect to PE device 12A and access node 10 of FIG. 1 , and PE device 300 and access node 400 of FIGS. 3-4 , but may be performed by any of the network devices.
  • the operation described in FIG. 6 may be performed concurrently with the global repair operation as described in FIG. 5 .
  • PE device 12A may send a connectivity fault management message including a type, length, value indicating the status of the core-facing interface and the status of the customer-facing interface (602).
  • access node 10 may establish a CFM session with PE device 12A from which PE device 12A may send a CFM message based on the Continuity Check Protocol 336 including a TLV including information specifying the status of the core-facing interface and status of the customer-facing interface of PE device 12A.
  • An administrator may create an event of an CFM action profile such that access node 10 may monitor whether CFM messages include the interface status information.
  • Access node 10 may receive the CFM message including the information specifying status of the customer-facing interface (604). For example, access node 10 may receive from PE device 12A the CFM message including the TLV including information specifying the status of the the customer-facing interface for the L2 circuit as "down.”
  • access node 10 sets next hop weights to cause the access node to send traffic on the second L2 circuit (e.g., L2 circuit 17B) to the second PE device (e.g., PE device 12B) (606).
  • routing engine 404 may configure forwarding information 450 of access node 10 to include next hop weights 452 that cause the access node to forward traffic received from a CE device to PE device 12B, e.g., the higher weighted next hop.
  • the techniques of this disclosure may be implemented in a wide variety of devices or apparatuses, including a network device, an integrated circuit (IC) or a set of ICs (i.e., a chip set). Any components, modules or units have been described provided to emphasize functional aspects and does not necessarily require realization by different hardware units. The techniques described herein may also be implemented in hardware or any combination of hardware and software and/or firmware. Any features described as modules, units or components may be implemented together in an integrated logic device or separately as discrete but interoperable logic devices. In some cases, various features may be implemented as an integrated circuit device, such as an integrated circuit chip or chipset.
  • the techniques may be realized at least in part by a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed in a processor, performs one or more of the methods described above.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may be a physical structure, and may form part of a computer program product, which may include packaging materials. In this sense, the computer readable medium may be non-transitory.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may comprise random access memory (RAM) such as synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), read-only memory (ROM), non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), FLASH memory, magnetic or optical data storage media, and the like.
  • RAM random access memory
  • SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
  • ROM read-only memory
  • NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
  • EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
  • FLASH memory magnetic or optical data storage media, and the like.
  • the code or instructions may be executed by one or more processors, such as one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), general purpose microprocessors, an application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable logic arrays (FPGAs), or other equivalent integrated or discrete logic circuitry.
  • DSPs digital signal processors
  • ASICs application specific integrated circuits
  • FPGAs field programmable logic arrays
  • processors may refer to any of the foregoing structure or any other structure suitable for implementation of the techniques described herein.
  • the functionality described herein may be provided within dedicated software modules or hardware modules configured for encoding and decoding, or incorporated in a combined video codec. Also, the techniques could be fully implemented in one or more circuits or logic elements.
  • L2 circuit failover in the event connectivity to an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance is lost.
  • the PE device may mark its customer-facing interface as down and propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its routing information to switch L2 circuits to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance.
  • the plurality of PE devices may further implement Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) techniques to propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its forwarding information to send traffic on a different L2 circuit to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance.
  • CFM Connectivity Fault Management

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  1. Verfahren, das Folgendes umfasst:
    Bestimmen (502) durch eine Anbieterrand(PE)-Vorrichtung (12A, 300) einer Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen (12), die mit einer virtuellen privaten Ethernetnetzwerk(EVPN)-Instanz (5) ausgelegt sind, die von einem Ethernetsegment (16) erreichbar ist, dass eine Konnektivität von der PE-Vorrichtung zur EVPN-Instanz unterbrochen ist, wobei das Ethernetsegment die Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen mit einem Zugangsknoten (10) eines Zugangsnetzwerks (14A) verbindet, das über das Ethernetsegment mit der Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen mehrfach vernetzt ist, wobei der Zugangsknoten über jeweilige Schicht-2(L2)-Schaltungen (17) mit der Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen verbunden ist und wobei der Zugangsknoten mit einer Kundenrand(CE)-Vorrichtung (8A) verbunden ist;
    Markieren (504) einer kundenorientierten Schnittstelle (322) für die L2-Schaltung (17A) der PE-Vorrichtung als einen abgeschalteten Status aufweisend durch die PE-Vorrichtung und in Reaktion auf das Bestimmen, dass eine Konnektivität von der PE-Vorrichtung zur EVPN-Instanz unterbrochen ist; und
    Senden (506) von Schnittstellenstatusinformationen, die Informationen beinhalten, die einen Status der kundenorientierten Schnittstelle der PE-Vorrichtung spezifizieren, durch die PE-Vorrichtung in Reaktion auf das Markieren der Schnittstelle an den Zugangsknoten.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Senden der Schnittstellenstatusinformationen Folgendes umfasst:
    Senden einer L2-Schaltungsprotokollnachricht, die die Schnittstellenstatusinformationen in einem Typ-Länge-Wert, TLV, der L2-Schaltungsprotokollnachricht beinhaltet, durch die PE-Vorrichtung.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1-2, das ferner Folgendes umfasst:
    Senden einer Konnektivitätsfehlerverwaltungs(CFM)-Nachricht, die Informationen beinhaltet, die die Statusinformationen der kundenorientierten Schnittstelle der PE-Vorrichtung spezifizieren, durch die PE-Vorrichtung an den Zugangsknoten, wobei das Senden der CFM-Nachricht das Senden der CFM-Nachricht, die einen Typ-Länge-Wert, TLV, beinhaltet, der die Informationen beinhalten, die die Statusinformationen über die kundenorientierte Schnittstelle der PE-Vorrichtung spezifizieren, umfasst.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 3, wobei die PE-Vorrichtung und der Zugangsknoten jeweils als ein Wartungsverknüpfungsendpunkt, MEP, ausgelegt sind, um eine Konnektivitätsfehlerverwaltungs(CFM)-Sitzung zu implementieren, um die CFM-Nachricht, die den TLV beinhaltet, der die Statusinformationen über die kundenorientierte Schnittstelle der PE-Vorrichtung anzeigt, auszulegen.
  5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, wobei die CFM-Sitzung in einem verteilten Modus betrieben wird.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1-5, wobei das Bestimmen, dass eine Konnektivität von der PE-Vorrichtung zu einer EVPN-Instanz unterbrochen ist, Folgendes umfasst:
    Senden eines "Keep-Alive"-Pakets durch die PE-Vorrichtung an die Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen;
    Bestimmen durch die PE-Vorrichtung, dass eine Reaktion auf das "Keep-Alive"-Paket nicht erhalten wurde.
  7. Verfahren, das Folgendes umfasst:
    Empfangen (508) von Schnittstellenstatusinformationen einer ersten Anbieterrand(PE)-Vorrichtung (12A, 300) einer Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen (12) durch einen Zugangsknoten (10, 400) eines Zugangsnetzwerks (14A), wobei die Schnittstellenstatusinformationen Informationen beinhalten, die einen Status einer kundenorientierten Schnittstelle (322) für eine erste Schicht-2(L2)-Schaltung (17A), die die erste PE-Vorrichtung und den Zugangsknoten verbindet, spezifizieren, wobei der Zugangsknoten mit der Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen mehrfach vernetzt ist, die mit einer virtuellen privaten Ethernetnetzwerk(EVPN)-Instanz (5) ausgelegt sind, die von einem Ethernetsegment (16), das die Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen über das Ethernetsegment mit dem Zugangsknoten verbindet, erreichbar ist;
    Bestimmen durch den Zugangsknoten in Reaktion auf das Empfangen der Schnittstellenstatusinformationen der ersten PE-Vorrichtung, dass die kundenorientierte Schnittstelle für die erste L2-Schaltung einen abgeschalteten Status aufweist; und
    Aktualisieren (510) des Zugangsknotens derart, dass er Verkehr auf einer zweiten L2-Schaltung (17B) sendet, die eine zweite PE-Vorrichtung (12B) der Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen verbindet.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7,
    wobei das Empfangen von Schnittstellenstatusinformationen das Empfangen einer L2-Schaltungsprotokollnachricht, die die Schnittstellenstatusinformationen in einem Typ-Länge-Wert, TLV, der L2-Schaltungsprotokollnachricht beinhaltet, umfasst und
    wobei das Aktualisieren des Zugangsknotens derart, dass er Verkehr auf der zweiten L2-Schaltung sendet, Folgendes umfasst:
    Aktualisieren eines Status der zweiten L2-Schaltung auf eine aktive L2-Schaltung in Reaktion auf das Empfangen der L2-Schaltungsprotokollnachricht, um Verkehr auf der zweiten L2-Schaltung zu senden.
  9. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 7-8, das ferner Folgendes umfasst:
    Empfangen einer Konnektivitätsfehlerverwaltungs(CFM)-Nachricht, die die Informationen beinhaltet, die einen Status der kundenorientierten Schnittstelle der ersten PE-Vorrichtung spezifizieren; und
    Einstellen eines gewichteten nächsten Hops zur zweiten PE-Vorrichtung in Reaktion auf das Empfangen der CFM-Nachricht, um den Zugangsknoten zu veranlassen, Verkehr auf der zweiten L2-Schaltung an die zweite PE-Vorrichtung zu senden.
  10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 9, wobei das Empfangen der CFM-Nachricht das Empfangen der CFM-Nachricht, die einen Typ-Länge-Wert, TLV, beinhaltet, der die Informationen beinhaltet, die die Statusinformationen über die kundenorientierte Schnittstelle der PE-Vorrichtung spezifizieren, umfasst.
  11. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 9-10, wobei das Einstellen des gewichteten nächsten Hops zur zweiten PE-Vorrichtung Folgendes umfasst:
    Einstellen eines höheren gewichteten nächsten Hops zur zweiten PE-Vorrichtung und
    Einstellen eines niedrigeren gewichteten nächsten Hops zur ersten PE-Vorrichtung.
  12. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 9-11,
    wobei der Zugangsknoten und die erste PE-Vorrichtung jeweils als ein Wartungsverknüpfungsendpunkt, MEP, ausgelegt sind, um ein Kontinuitätsüberprüfungsprotokoll, CCP, zu implementieren, um die CFM-Nachricht, die mindestens den TLV beinhaltet, der den Status der kundenorientierten Schnittstelle der ersten PE-Vorrichtung beinhaltet, auszulegen.
  13. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 7-12, das ferner Folgendes umfasst:
    Empfangen von Verkehr durch den Zugangsknoten von einer Kundenrand(CE)-Vorrichtung, die mit dem Zugangsknoten verbunden ist; und
    Weiterleiten des Verkehrs durch den Zugangsknoten auf der zweiten L2-Schaltung zur zweiten PE-Vorrichtung.
  14. Zugangsknoten (10, 400) eines Zugangsnetzwerks (14A), das mit einer Vielzahl von Anbieterrand(PE)-Vorrichtungen (12) mehrfach vernetzt ist, die mit einer virtuellen privaten Ethernetnetzwerk(EVPN)-Instanz (5) ausgelegt sind, die von einem Ethernetsegment (16), das die Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen über das Ethernetsegment mit dem Zugangsknoten verbindet, erreichbar ist, der Folgendes umfasst:
    einen Speicher und
    einen oder mehrere Prozessoren, die an den Speicher gekoppelt sind, wobei der eine oder die mehreren Prozessoren zu Folgendem ausgelegt sind:
    Empfangen von Schnittstellenstatusinformationen einer ersten PE-Vorrichtung (12A) der Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen, wobei die Schnittstellenstatusinformationen Statusinformationen über eine kundenorientierte Schnittstelle (322) für eine erste Schicht-2(L2)-Schaltung (17A), die die erste PE-Vorrichtung und den Zugangsknoten verbindet, beinhalten;
    Bestimmen, dass die kundenorientierte Schnittstelle für die erste L2-Schaltung einen abgeschalteten Status aufweist; und
    Aktualisieren des Zugangsknotens derart, dass er Verkehr auf einer zweiten L2-Schaltung (17B) sendet, die eine zweite PE-Vorrichtung (12B) der Vielzahl von PE-Vorrichtungen verbindet.
  15. Zugangsknoten nach Anspruch 14, der ferner Mittel zum Durchführen des Verfahrens nach einem der Ansprüche 8-13 umfasst.
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